Bibliograph

Androcles and the lion ;, Overruled ; Pygmalion

Type

http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/Work
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/Books
http://bibfra.me/vocab/marc/LanguageMaterial

Label

Androcles and the lion ;, Overruled ; Pygmalion

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Androcles and the lion ;

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Sub title

Overruled ; Pygmalion

Summary

Androcles and the Lion is a 1912 play written by George Bernard Shaw. The play is Shaw's retelling of the tale of Androcles, a slave who is saved by the requiting mercy of a lion. In the play, Shaw portrays Androcles to be one of the many Christians being led to the Colosseum for torture. Characters in the play exemplify several themes and takes on both modern and supposed early Christianity, including the cultural clash between Jesus' teachings and traditional Roman values

Target audience

adult

resource.variantTitle

OverruledPygmalion

Classification